SMUD completes Rancho Seco’s dry cask storage

“...The Yucca Mountain Project Must Go Forward”

Yucca Mountain Development Act

President Bush and Congress approve of Yucca Mountain as a viable repository site for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. The DOE spent $8.5 billion in its study of Yucca Mountain, including transportation and defense logistics.

San Onofre Nuclear Reactor, Unit One, goes online

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, located on the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, starts producing energy commercially from a single reactor. Southern California Edison jointly owns this reactor with San Diego Gas & Electric. This unit produces 436 megawatts